12 courses with the subject ESL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ESL 053Beginner Grammar6
At the beginning level, grammar and American cultural context are connected. Students learn the grammar necessary to communicate verbally and in writing, and learn how American culture plays a role in language, beliefs, and everyday situations. In addition to controlled grammar exercises, com- municative exercises are crucial so that students can bridge the gap between knowing grammatical structures and using them. Students learn the basic parts of speech focusing on the importance of sub- jects and verbs. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
The following reading strategies will be empha- sized: memorizing new vocabulary, using context clues, identifying main ideas, finding key details, understanding transition words, primarily at the sentence level, differentiating between fact and opinion, making inferences, understanding hints, skimming, scanning, using prefixes, roots, and suf- fixes to understand word meaning, and becoming familiar with the basic all-English dictionary. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
Although students will be introduced to the concept of the paragraph, they will primarily be writing at the sentence level. Students will write 3-4 sentence descriptive, narrative, and chronological paragraphs. Students will work with simple and compound sentences although one or two more complex structures may be introduced. The stu- dents will focus on adhering to the various steps in the writing process, paragraph format, and sen- tence combining. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
The course will focus on specific grammar usage problems that intermediate students typically ex- perience. Students will use textbooks, computer re- sources, and communicative activities to learn and utilize correct grammatical structures such as verb tenses, adjectives, articles, other parts of speech, clauses versus phrases, and basic word order. The course will help students identify and correct errors in the above and other problematic grammatical areas and improve students’ grammatical structure in writing activities. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
In this intermediate level reading course, selections from literature, popular media, and academic texts are read and discussed. Students will analyze para- graphs to find the main idea, learn about prefixes and roots to expand their vocabulary, and complete long-term reading assignments out-of-class to sup- plement the reading strategies in the textbooks. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
In this course, students are introduced to the con- cept of the paragraph and write simple descriptive, narrative, and chronological paragraphs. Some students may advance to the 3-paragraph essay. Students will work primarily with simple and com- pound sentences although one or two more com- plex structures will be introduced. The students will focus on adhering to the various steps in writing and sentence combining. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
Students at this level are expected to have sufficient linguistic skills to function effec- tively in English comfortably; thus, error analysis is stressed in several areas. The textbook offers many passages where stu- dents are to correct grammar errors in a given passage. In addition, as the teacher pinpoints errors in spoken and written form, specific grammar practice occurs. Much of the specific grammar practice is individualized. Areas in which students often need further study are sentence word order, use of verb forms, the article system, use of prepositions, the verbal system, phrasal verbs , complicated clause struc- tures, the passive voice and the subjunctive mood. Technology and the internet are used to provide the students with websites that will enhance their learning of the above grammar points. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course. 112 H A RC U M C O L L E G E
In this course, students will prepare for college level reading assignments through comprehension building exercises and application of reading strat- egies, important for increasing reading speed and fluency. Students will also work on increasing their vocabulary through practice exercises and the study of roots, affixes, idioms, collocations, and dictio- nary skills. In addition, students will learn research skills and become more familiar with the library and online research tools. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course.
Students work on perfecting the essay format examining the persuasive and expository essay in detail, as they continue to work on applying their knowledge of grammar in their writing. Students will be introduced to research tools and the impor- tance of citing sources when writing an essay will be emphasized. Technology and the internet are an integral part of this class. An exit writing test is given to support college admission. Graduation credit is not awarded for this course
